Consumers Can View, Share Pictures On-Line As Kodak Picture Network Goes "Live".

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--

Scanning Services Available Today at Thousands of KODAK Premium

Processing Locations

The Kodak(TM) picture network -- which lets consumers view and share their pictures on the Internet, and have them placed on-line as easily as they order prints -- is now "live," Eastman-Kodak Co. announced today.

Using the Kodak picture network, consumers may view photos on-line, order reprints and e-mail their pictures to family members and friends anywhere in the US.

Over 30,000 retail photo counters and photo stores that offer Kodak premium processing now provide the scanning and upload services that will let customers place their pictures in a private Kodak pictures network account.

Consumers may place the order to have their pictures scanned with a check-off on the photofinishing envelope as easily as they can select a double set of prints. When they return to pick up their prints, they will receive a unique claim number that they will use to access the pictures on-line. People may also add digital pictures to the Kodak picture network directly from their home computer.

Willy Shih, president, Digital and Applied Imaging, and vice president, Kodak, said the service eventually can make sharing pictures on a network as common a way to stay in touch as e-mail is today.

"The Kodak picture network will give consumers a new way to access, share and store their pictures, one that is faster, more efficient and permits sharing over distance more easily than the existing method of selecting extra pictures from a double set of prints and mailing them," Shih said. "We are committed to making the network a genuinely easy method for placing and sharing personal photos on the Internet."

Special Introductory Offer

Once consumers have their prints and claim numbers, they will be able to go to the Kodak picture network on the Kodak Web site to access their pictures on-line. The network's user interface, which was specially designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, guides consumers through the simple steps to becoming a Kodak picture network member and accessing pictures.

Kodak is offering the first 90 days of membership at no charge. After that an ongoing membership will cost $4.95 a month and includes storage of 100 pictures. Additional pictures are a penny each per month. Prices for scanning pictures onto the Kodak picture network will vary depending on the retailer, but are expected to average about $5 for a 24-exposure roll of 35mm film.

Non-members can visit the site today and see the network demo, which is "hosted" by the characters from the popular "The Simpsons" cartoon. (See release in this kit.)

During this initial phase of availability, the network lets the users have their pictures scanned and uploaded on-line, order reprints and e-mail their pictures with a version of Kodak Digital Science(TM) picture postcard software incorporated into the service. Kodak picture network members also will have long-term, on-line image storage capabilities immediately.

In the future, Kodak will add more image-sharing features, including capabilities to create specialized "on-line albums" for sharing pictures and order reprints for pick-up at alternative retail locations.

Kodak also plans to make the Kodak picture network available to people who don't have home PCs or are not "wired" into the Internet, through the thousands of Kodak Image Magic(TM) systems installed in retail locations across the country.

Image Magic systems allow retailers to help consumers use and enjoy their pictures in new and creative ways. Consumers use the systems to make reprints or enlargements in minutes, from prints or negatives, to enhance their pictures and to repair old or imperfect photos.

Anyone with Internet access can log onto the Kodak Web site to see the demonstration of the service at http://www.kodak.com . -0- (Note: Kodak, Digital Science and Image Magic are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Co. The Simpsons is a trademark of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)

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